First time hybrid owner

I'm looking to replace the factory speakers on my 2013 FFH SE, as I am dissatisfied with the sound quality. Does anyone have any recommendations on what to buy? And whether to just do the front or also the back ones? Am looking to spend $50--$120 per pair. Also, do you recommend installing an amp? I don't want to mess with the noise canceling technology or anything. Thanks.

Hi everyone, Thanks for your feedback. Honestly, I'm not sure the battery level has much to do with how much EV power the car gives me. Half the time, the battery is at least half charged when there's either barely any EV power available or no EV power at all. And the weird thing is that most of the time that I get at least 2 bars worth of EV power is when I'm on my way home, a few blocks from home, and suddenly the available EV power goes way, way up -- regardless of how charged the battery is. I understand the need for the engine to warm up, but the strange thing is that it's at least 70 degrees here in PA and it usually starts out in EV mode. But then as soon as the ICE kicks on, the engine then stays in ICE mode for a long period of time. And this seems to be happening more and more frequently. The first few weeks I had the car, it happened much less often. And the AC is off just about every time this is happening. I haven't gotten the update yet -- in fact, we haven't even gotten anything from Ford about getting it. Can anyone tell me how that works -- do I need some kind of paperwork to take in that shows it should be done? Does it need to be done at a Ford dealer? Thanks!

I’ve had my 2013 Fusion Hybrid for over a month now and if I work really hard at it, I can average 46 mpg in mostly suburban driving. However, this is accomplished by “tricking the engine”, meaning I mostly accelerate using ICE and then take my foot off the gas and press it again lightly so it kicks into EV mode. Then every time the ICE kicks in, I will repeat that action so it will stay in EV mode as much as possible. My frustration so far is that how hard the car allows me to accelerate while still in EV mode (meaning how hard I can push down on the gas pedal before the ICE kicks in) varies every minute or two. (I can tell because I am in Empower Mode, so there’s a blue bar showing EV mode). Very occasionally while I’m driving, there is a large amount of blue showing in the display (going above the 2nd line on the graph) so I can push hard on the gas pedal and stay in EV Mode. But often, there’s only a tiny amount of blue showing, so the ICE kicks in very quickly. Has anyone else experienced this or know why the amount of throttle allowed in EV mode is so inconsistent and what could be done about it? Also, sometimes when the ICE is on, it will stay on for a few minutes while I’m driving, even though it normally immediately kicks in to EV mode when I take my foot off the gas pedal. This completely eats into my mpg. Again, I don’t understand why it’s doing this or if anything can be done about it. Any feedback is appreciated! Thanks, Jeff